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Week 5: Sep 16 - Sep 20

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Overview for Week 5

  • Compiling applications for source code
  • Learning to use Google for coding help
  • Learning to read code and application documentation
  • Using UF Research Computing resources
  • Writing job scripts to run batch jobs via SLURM scheduler
  • Build confidence on the command line and bash scripting.
  • Flow control: conditionals and loops

What’s due by the end of the week?

  • Problem Set 2 due Friday, September 27

For Monday

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  1. Practice with flow control: `if`, `while`, `until`, `for`
  2. Using Google to find coding help
  3. Reading documentation for applications and code

For Wednesday

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  1. Compiling source code
  2. Running applications

For Friday

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  1. Getting started in Python
  2. Using Python on the command line
  3. Using Python in Jupyter Notebooks (Link requires VPN connection to UF network)

By the end of this week you should

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  1. Have a basic idea of how to compile applications from source code
  2. Be starting to learn Python
  3. Be comfortable opening Jupyter Notebooks and adding and running code cells
  4. Understand the variable types int, float, str and how they are used.

Student Help Hours

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